Severe long-lasting contagious ecthyma infection in a goat's kid.
In this report we describe an unusual orf infection in a goat's kid, which lasted for 6 months. The disease was reproduced in two susceptible goat kids, which both completely recovered within 37 days. Further clinical observations on these kids for 12 months did not reveal any signs of orf disease. The orf virus was isolated and identified from the animals which were involved in the original outbreak, from the kid that showed the long-lasting disease and from the experimentally-infected kids. The situation is discussed.
Abu Elzein
E M
EM
Department of Microbiology & Parasitology, College of Veterinary Medicine & Animal Resources, King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia.
Housawi
F M
FM
D000818:Animals; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000662:veterinary; D004474:Ecthyma, Contagious / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology*; D015511:Goat Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology*; D006041:Goats; D009923:Orf virus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012529:Saudi Arabia / Q000453:epidemiology; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013997:Time Factors